Welcome to the newest edition of the Cornerstones newsletter from BACnet International. The BACnet International community benefits from information and education shared through Cornerstones, the organization's monthly electronic publication. This publication is distributed to members of the BACnet International community, connecting corporate, integrator, site, student and individual users to BACnet news and updates.
Cornerstones is a unique publication because it speaks not only to the engineer and contractor communities, but also to facility professionals, building managers and owners, and other personnel.
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This is where you come in. We need you to connect! If you have company news, product news, BACnet Case Study or a best practice you want to share, please send them to us. And don't leave out the photos! Read past Cornerstones and Case Studies.
BACnet International's Communications Manager.
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- BTL Mark Usage Guidelines
- SSPC 135 Committee Updates
- Corporate Member Spotlight Video
- TBI Resource Center
- Corporate Member News
- New BTL Certifications
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BACnet INTERNATIONAL NEWS |
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Get ready for the
2024 AHR Expo!
Don't forget to review the
BTL Mark Usage Guidelines.
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BACnet International will be exhibiting in Booth S6100 at the AHR Expo in Chicago. If you are interested in volunteering for a short time period in the BACnet International booth, be on the lookout for the volunteer sign-up.
We also ask that you take the time to review your company's logo on our Corporate Member Page. We will be distributing in our booth a list of all BACnet International Corporate Members as well as an exhibiting members guide. If your company logo is different from the one shown on the Corporate Members page, or doesn’t link to the page you want, please notify Laura Haller, Association & Events Coordinator, at laurahaller@bacnetinternational.org, with updated artwork and/or information.
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Are you using the
BTL Mark correctly?
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As you are designing your booth and marketing materials, we wanted to remind you of the BTL Mark Usage Guidelines. They are available to download. |
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Current SSPC 135 Happenings from
SSPC 135 Chair Coleman Brumley
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The latest meeting of the SSPC 135 Plenary and all the working groups took place in a hybrid format in Tampa during the ASHRAE Annual Conference in June 2023. This meeting was notably active, marked by the release of a new addendum 135- 2020cp, which focuses on cybersecurity. Specifically, this addendum discusses Authentication and Authorization and how BACnet/SC addresses it. This is an important topic and there are many stakeholders eager to see this progress. BACnet/SC offers a method to secure communication channels between devices.
To join the network, a device must possess a valid certificate. While this keeps malicious actors at bay, the mechanism treats all devices within the network equally in terms of authority. The new addendum 135-2020cp establishes a framework that provides a means to add strong identity (authentication) and permissions (authorization) to client devices. This allows server devices to permit or deny specific operations based on this identity and permission. This way, devices can assume varying levels of authority for different tasks, and finely grained authorization policies can be set, if needed, to limit specific operations to certain clients.
With this addendum, BACnet’s authorization mechanism has two possible authorization policies. The first, termed the “centralized policy,” is based on OAuth 2.0 (RFC 6749), while the second, known as the “local policy”, is designed for devices that can’t or don’t send a token, similar to a Local Access Control List.
Beyond cybersecurity, within SSPC 135, ongoing work on semantic interoperability is noteworthy. With nearly 60 participants and over 30 companies involved in the bi-weekly Tuesday meetings and subgroup sessions, this working group is actively advancing the development of the ASHRAE 223P standard proposal for HVAC system description using semantic models.
In addition to Addendum 135-2020cp, much progress is being made around BACnet testing. In addition to the forthcoming Addendum 135.1-2019t, which is being prepared for its first Publication Public Review, I'm pleased to announce that there will be a new version of 135.1 being released this year. Keep a look out for ANSI/ASHRAE 135.1-2023 later this year.
The next plenary meeting is scheduled to convene in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, from October 30 to November 3, 2023, wrapping up a successful and engaging year of developments.
As always, the great work of all our committee volunteers is very much appreciated! If you are interested in participating in future meetings, remember that participation is free, and you are welcome to join in our hybrid sessions.
Coleman Brumley
Chair SSPC 135
Credit to Salvatore Cataldi, Secretary of SSPC 135, for excerpts that appeared in the BACnet Europe Journal.
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Register for the
Cybersecurity Acceleration Program
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We encourage your company to register for the Cybersecurity Acceleration Program. The first webinar is FREE on YouTube for all interested parties, however, future webinars and program tools and components will only be available to paid program participants. The cost of the program is typically less than a week of an engineer's time. Designed for manufacturers, the Cybersecurity Acceleration Program aims to reduce their cybersecurity implementation learning curve and align their product development with industry direction on interoperability and best practices.
The program includes reference implementation and source code components including:
- Certificate Authority (CA) server
- Certificate Signing Request (CSR) generation and validation tool
- Machine readable, interoperable certificate file format
Fast track your in-house technical knowledge and development with additional program features including:
- Cybersecurity implementation webinars
- Early tool release with full source code license
- Expert moderated developer’s forum
- Manufacturer’s cybersecurity guidelines document development
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FREE BRITE (BACnet Remote Interoperability Test Environment) Subscription
Program Cost:
Corporate Members: $5,000.00 USD
After the program ends, the cost of program contents will increase to $6,500 for Corporate Members and $7,500 for non-members (and will not include a Silver Membership).
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We look forward to welcoming our registered participants for this year's PlugFest. Follow us on social media to see pictures and updates. PlugFest 2024 dates will be announced soon! |
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CORPORATE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT |
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Every month, BACnet International will highlight a resource from The BACnet Institute (TBI) Resource Library!
This month's featured TBI resource is the Deploying BACnet/SC AHR Expo 2023 Education Session. This panel discussion with industry experts addresses BACnet Secure Connect (BACnet/SC) deployment. It will answer important questions about on-boarding, provisioning and updating systems using the security certificates required for BACnet/SC.
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The BACnet Institute (TBI) is an online portal for BACnet-focused learning and knowledge sharing. It provides an easy path to BACnet information and learning for everyone involved with BACnet systems. The portal includes three on-demand FREE courses and over 160 resources including white papers, articles, presentations and a community forum. TBI Resources are free, but registration for an account is required. Courses are eligible for CEUs and PDHs.
Each year TBI continues to grow. Since its launch in January 2017, over 6,000 registered users across more than 80 countries have accessed its resources. TBI’s simple search function allows users to get quick access to anything they need.
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LinkedIn & Twitter
YouTube
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Please ensure that we are included in your distribution lists for product and company news release as well.
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Welcome to our newest
Corporate Members!
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BACnet International Silver Member |
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Belimo is pleased to announce the RetroFIT+ program, which helps customers maximize building efficiency and contribute to a greener future.
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NEW BTL CERTIFICATION OF CORPORATE MEMBERS |
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Congratulations to the following BACnet International corporate members
who have achieved BTL Certification and can use the BTL Mark on the following products:
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Congratulations to our
Platinum Member
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Desigo PXC7, PXC5 and PXC4 Automation Station
BACnet Building Controller (B-BC)
BACnet Secure Connect Hub (B-SCHUB)
BACnet Router (B-RTR)
BACnet Broadcast Management Device (B-BBMD)
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APOGEE PXC7.A and PXC4.A Automation Station
BACnet Building Controller (B-BC)
BACnet Broadcast Management Device (B-BBMD)
BACnet Router (B-RTR)
BACnet Secure Connect Hub (B-SCHUB)
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Congratulations to our
Silver Member
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ADFvision
BACnet Advanced Operator Workstation (B-AWS)
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Corporate Members:
Don't Forget Your Benefits
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Click on the image to discover how BACnet International is the cornerstone to your company's success. |
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BACnet INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATE MEMBERS
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BACnet International
phone: 770-971-6003 fax: 678-229-2777
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